For whatever reason, “Don’t Worry Baby” is my favorite Beach Boys song. Just very lush production, vocals and harmonies.
I love that song too, along with “All Summer Long.”
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It was relatively recently that I recognized and appreciated ‘Good Vibrations’ for the masterpiece that it is. I never paid much attention to it back in the day, and it eventually became so overplayed that it instantly turned into background noise whenever it hit my ears.
But a few years ago I was driving and it came on, and it struck the nerve that runs from the eardrum to the gut via the heart. I paid closer attention and was rewarded. It’s now my favorite Beach Boys tune, by far.
Ahh…I love the colorful clothes she wears, and the way the sunlight plays upon her hair…
Magical.
mmm
I know. Isn’t it such a gorgeous tune? I also came to the appreciation a little late in the game–maybe about 15 years ago, after Pet Sounds got a hold of me. That song is pure joy in atmosphere, orchestration, arrangement, melody, harmony, sounds. I can only imagine what it was like listening to it for the first time in the 60s on a hifi turned up high. Masterful work.
Musicians can retain their prowess until their 90s (Dave Brubeck did).
Singers CAN continue to sound great til the end (though many don’t).
But for some reason, composers and songwriters tend to run out of gas relatively young.
Hence the Moody Blues still sound great but haven’t written a good new song in 30 years. Same with McCartney- still sings great, but nobody wants to hear any Post-1983 songs.
I listened to this album today for the first time. My Beach Boys discography kind of stopped at Pet Sounds, but it looks like I have a lot of listening to do in the next few weeks. This is pretty solid stuff. On first listen, I think “Feel Flows” is my favorite track from this one. I think Sunflower will be my next listen.
- me, for the longest time it was a fun little radio tune, then one day I sat and really listened to it and was holey shit.
I think you’ll like this: The Beach Boys and Lorrie Morgan - Don’t Worry Baby
Seriously-has anyone ever been able to accurately define “why” songwriters, especially pop/rock songwriters, just hit the wall as they age and they just don’t have “it” anymore?
They got old, cultural sensibilities change, the band wants to “break new ground” that fans hate, simple writer’s block, lost the edge of youth, the contract with Satan runs out…or what?
U2 is a band that comes fairly close to defying that principle, they had some decent tunes in the early-mid 2000’s. But I’m hard pressed to think of a band that’s still together or a musician that still plays out that still writes new material and it even remotely stacks up to their older, more beloved stuff. Or even sells similarly.
They’re not quite household names, but I feel that Wire, whose first album came out in 1977, still does great stuff. They had a bit of a shit period in the early 90s, but then came back with a vengeance in the 2000s with their Read & Burn EPs. They just came out with an album this year and last year, both to a positive critical reception. I don’t know how these guys do it.
Good choice. “Surf’s Up” shows up as one of my “Most Played” tunes on iTunes.
Have you go heard Paul Simon’s latest? Wristband: Paul Simon - Wristband - YouTube
Good stuff.
The bands we love speak to the emotions of youth and are written by other people experiencing the same thing. Unrequited love, angst, what am I gonna do with my life?
Eventually those things either get solved or the naval gazing gets pushed into the background out of necessity. It’s unrealistic to expect Bono or Michael Stipe or Eddie Vedder or whoever to be able to still hit the emotional state of their peer group. They aren’t stressing about the compromises a soulless job that pays the bills trying to save for retirement, sending kids through school and making sure a marriage stays healthy in the middle of these mundane stresses.
Great version of my favorite Beach Boys song. The musical interlude in the middle of the original record is my favorite part–they didn’t quite “get it” on this version. Still, a great mellow version.
It is absolutely true (in my humble o-p-i-n-i-o-n) that most of The Beach Boys albums contain “lost classics.” Some AMAZING songs are to be found! But (in my humble o-p-i-n-i-o-n) you really have to wade through some dreck to find them.
We must never speak of this, your transgression will be forgotten this once.
Everything beyond THIS is a great lie
I would say ABBA was probably almost entirely awesome.
I hated them, but that’s my personal taste and not a professional assessment of their music.
It was well done, I myself just did not like any of it.
Time machine and a ticket to American Graffiti land
Wolfman, cue Green Onion please…
Got green onions hanging all over the studio; gonna keep the vampires away, you understand…
Peter Gabriel’s last album of new material, Up, is brilliant. Granted, it’s from 2002 when Gabriel was only 52. But he was still writing great songs after putting on a lot of years.